1. European Commission activities
Balázs Horváth European Commission DG Environment
Unit for Protection of Water Environment

2. River basin management plans in Europe
GREEN - River Basin Management Plans adopted!
YELLOW - consultations finalised, but awaiting adoption.
RED - consultation have not started or ongoing.
                                                                                                                                        

3. Analysis of RBMPs
Summaries of the WISE electronic deliveries: Login: wfduser Password: Dir200060ec Groundwater status, measures, monitoring, objectives and exemptions, protected areas…

4. Planned timetable review Annexes I-II GWD
Input from WG C and from GENESIS and other scientific sources by autumn 2011
Broad stakeholder conference to be organised early in 2012
Impact assessment to be carried out based on all the inputs
Final outcome together with Blueprint in Nov 2012 ?

5. Impact Assessment Input WG C MS input Other information
Public consultation
Input research

6. 2012 reporting on implementation of Programmes of Measures
Reporting tools were accepted in WG D meeting
Last comments to be incorporated until the SCG meeting
MS have more than 1 year to complete the report based on the reporting tools (until 22 Dec 2012)

7. GW reference layers
An EU-wide GW reference layer can not be produced based on the current deliveries
Problems with the delineation of GWBs will be discussed in the 2nd workshop on Groundwater Bodies in Europe in Berlin in December 2011 (see outline of the workshop on CIRCA)
ETC/ICM paper summarized the problems (also on CIRCA)

8. Activities Expert Group on Climate Change and Water
Workshop on Climate change, water and agriculture
22-23 September 2011, Madrid
ClimWatAdapt project (
Combination of climate change and socio-economic scenarios for 2025 and Vulnerability indicators for floods, water scarcity, droughts and impacts on water quality. Database of adaptation measures with potential impacts. Integrated assessment tool.
2nd stakeholder workshop (results already on the website):
Introduction to vulnerability indicators, results from the vulnerability assessment
Overview on the inventory of measures
Assessment and evaluation of adaptation options
Final results soon

9. Science-Policy Interface (SPI) event
Ad-hoc activity under CIS process
2nd Water Science meets Policy Event
Socio-economic tools supporting the WFD implementation: Possible contribution in the perspective of an ecosystem services approach
clarifying ecosystem services concepts in light of the WFD implementation and helping build a common language among scientists and with forefront stakeholders from EU, national and river basin levels.
helping participants to investigate how ecosystem services can be used and valued, for integrated catchment management as well as for WFD implementation (e.g. RBMPs and programs of measures).
Brussels, September 2011

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